Ghana, Seychelles deepen bilateral cooperation

 The recent state visit by the President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr Wavel Ramka­lawan, has deepened and taken to higher notch, the bilateral relations between the two countries, says Mr Kwame Acquah, the Consul of the Republic of Seychelles in Accra.

Mr Acquah told The Spectator that Ghana and Seychelles have signed seven Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in sectors including culture, trade air service agreement, tourism, aquacul­ture, and education for the mutual benefit of both countries.

He said there were Ghanaians living and working in Seychelles with about 500 of them working in the fisheries sector in Seychelles with a sister Tuna Company in Tema.

Seychelles is a tiny Archipelago Island in the Indian Ocean, off East Africa with a population of a little over 100, 000. It achieved Independence from British colonial rule in 1976.

The Archipelago Island has a historic relations with Ghana dating back to 1896 when Nana Agyeman Prempeh I, the 13th King of Ashanti Empire, and others were exiled to the Seychelles Island during the colonial rule where he spent 27 years, before the British colonial administrators allowed him to return to Ashanti.

 By Alhaji Salifu Abdul-Rahaman